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Small Girl in Dark Dress

Studio photograph of a small girl in a dark dress. She has short dark hair. Her dress has puffed sleeves and a lace collar. She is standing on a white cloth.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mother and Daughter Portrait

Studio photograph of a woman holding a small girl. They are both wearing dark dresses with puffed sleeves and both have dark curled hair. The woman wears a necklace and earrings and the girl wears a pin. The woman's hair is held up with a hair pin.
Date: unknown
Creator: Simington
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Two Babies with Baskets

Studio photograph of two babies sitting on a rug in a studio. They are both wearing white dresses and both hold wicker baskets. On the right side of the photograph in front of one of the babies is an old doctor's bag turned on its side. Behind the babies is another rug and on the wall is a fake backdrop.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hackett, J.B.
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History

Woman with Embroidered Jacket

Studio photograph of an unidentified woman. Her hair is parted in the center of her head and pulled back. She wears a high-collared shirt with a ribbon wrapped around the neck and a dark jacket with jeweled embroidery.
Date: unknown
Creator: Papineau's, A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Man with Mustache and Bowtie

Studio photograph of an unidentified man. He is facing the camera directly and wears a dark tuxedo with a white shirt and a striped bowtie. His hair is parted on the side and combed back and he has a mustache.
Date: unknown
Creator: Goodenorgn, Otis
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Couple in Nice Clothes with Podium

Studio photograph of J.D. Harl and Ida June Foster Harl. He wears a dark suit and boots. He has a mustache and his dark hair is parted on the side. She is wearing a dark dress with fur trim on the skirt and ruffled bustle. The top has many buttons going up the center. There is a white bow on her left shoulder and there is a high lace collar. Her hair is pulled up and curled. Between the couple is a wooden podium upon which his left arm and her right is resting. They are standing on top of a rug and behind them is a backdrop with a fireplace and mantle, window and a flower vase.
Date: unknown
Creator: Simington, J.M.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Elizabeth Foster

Studio photograph of Elizabeth Foster from the bust up. She is wearing a dark dress with puffed sleeves and a high smooth collar. Pinned to the collar is a brooch that depicts a small smiling child with it's finger raised.
Date: unknown
Creator: Heyser, J.T.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Matilda Harl Smith and Husband

Photograph of Matilda Harl Smith and husband from the bust up. She is wearing a dark dress with puffed sleeves, ruffles, and a ruffled high collar. He is wearing a dark suit with a vest, white shirt, bow tie, and pocket watch chain. He has gray hair and a gray beard and mustache.
Date: unknown
Creator: Simington
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dust Storm, Wheeler Texas

Image of a large dust storm about to engulf Wheeler, Texas. There is a tall courthouse with white pillars on the right side of the frame, other buildings and automobiles. In the foreground is a wide dirt road. Written across the bottom is, "WHEELER, Texas. 4/14 '35 6:30 PM"
Date: April 14, 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dust Storm in Darrouzett, Texas

View of a long and wide dirt road leading to a large dust storm that is about to engulf the town of Darrouzett, Texas. There are a few people on the left side of frame. Written on the bottom of the print is, "Dust Storm Approaching Darrouzett, Texas. April 14th 1935.
Date: April 14, 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Higgins Tornado Damage]

Photograph of the destroyed Laubhan and Schwab Hardware store after a tornado. The ground is covered with wreckage, including wooden planks and beams, tables and chairs. Four men in jackets and hats stand on top of the wreckage in the center of the photo. Shelves remain standing in the background. Across the bottom are the words, "Laubhan & Schwab Hdwe. Bring on the Bulldozer."
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Higgins Tornado Damage]

Photograph of the Alamo Theater wreckage in Higgins, Texas after a tornado. There are three parts of cinder-block walls still standing. The foreground is covered with destroyed parts, including wooden planks and metal beams. In the background are three buildings still standing. The words, "Wreckage of Alamo Theatre Higgins, Texas" are across the bottom of the photograph.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Phantom Face in Dust Clouds

Photograph of dust storm clouds. Outlined in the clouds on the left side of the frame is the shape of a face. Written across the bottom right side of the photograph is, "The Phantom Face in Dust Clouds".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dust Storm in Perryton, Texas

Photograph of enormous dust clouds engulfing the town of Perryton, Texas. Across the bottom is written, "Dust Storm - Perryton, Texas. April 14, 1935. No. 4. The Perry Studio - Perryton, Texas".
Date: April 14, 1935
Creator: The Perry Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Train Snow Plow

Several men shoveling snow away from buried train. There are people watching on the right side of the frame. Across the top is written, "Snow Plow at Darrouzett, April 9-1938."
Date: April 9, 1938
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Maize Threshing

Photograph of seven farmers using threshers to thresh maize. On the left side of the frame is a pile of maize and a steam engine with two men sitting on it. On the right side of the frame is a pile of cut maize with a thresher and five men standing on top of it. Next to the thresher is a team of two horses. The men wear overalls and hats. Typed across the bottom is, "This is a picture showing the threshing of maize. Be-"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Follett, Texas Main Street, 1918

Photograph looking straight down the main street of Follett, Texas. The street is a dirt road. On the left side of the road are electric poles and five buildings. On the right side of the road in the foreground is a field of brush, three tanks in front of a wooden building with a sign that says, "GARAGE", and three other buildings. The foreground is the dirt road.
Date: August 22, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Walt Speyer Outside Sod House

Photograph of Walt Speyer sitting outside of his sod home, also known as a "dugout". The home is on the right side of the photograph and on the left side are two dark horses. Walt Speyer is dressed in pants, a light-colored shirt, and a hat. Written on the photograph at the top is, "Pioneer Days in Beaver County". Underlined is, "Walt Speyers". Written on the door to his house is, "1903", and written across the bottom is, "Daddy as a bachelor".
Date: 1903
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lipscomb Hotel

Photograph of the front of the Lipscomb Hotel. There is a partial view of a man standing on the porch on the right side of the frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Follett, Texas Main Street, 1918

Modern photograph of the front of the old Ivanhoe State Bank in Follett, Texas. The building is wooden and painted white with a white metal awning. The top of the building has, "Ivanhoe State BANK, Guarantee Fund Bank" painted on it. Looking at the front, there are two windows next to each other on the right and a door with two steps on the right. Underneath the windows is a sign reading, "Farm Loans" and another sign in-between the door and windows. There are weeds all around the building with a tree on the right side of the frame and telephone or electricity wires at the top.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Royal Inn Cafe, Follett, Texas

Photograph of the interior of the Royal Inn Cafe in the Laubhan Hotel in Follett, Texas. In the foreground on the right side of the frame is a rug, an upholstered sofa, and a host stand. On the left side of the frame stretching all the way into the back of the room is a wooden bar with bar stools surrounding it. Behind the bar a shelf filled with many things including a cash register, cigar boxes, and plants. On the right side of the frame stretching to the back are four tables with chairs. The tables are covered in white tablecloths and have dining setups on them. At the back of the room stands two people, one man dressed as a server with a white apron and one woman wearing a white apron and cook's hat. There are two signs on the wall that read, "Hot Waffles" and "Home Made Pies".
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Agriculture Consolidated Farm Service Agengy and Conservation Building

Photograph of the Agriculture Consolidated Farm Service Agengy and Soil Conservation Building in Follett, Texas. The building has two concrete walls with glass windows and a door in-between them. In front of the windows are four flower pots and a railing. There is a sign on the building that says, "Service Center". On the left hand side of the photograph is a handicap sign and several bushes. Behind the bushes in the background are telephone wires and tall white towers. In the foreground is a paved street with a center yellow stripe.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Picnic on Simms Place

Photograph of a large group of people walking away from the camera. They are outside on grass and there are many trees. The women wear white blouses with skirts, some wear hats, the men wear trousers and shirts with hats. There are children running. In the lower left hand corner of the frame there is writing that reads, "I am in front of Bessie Huff. Picnic on Simms Place 1908". Across the bottom it reads, "Mr. and Mrs. Huff" and "Grace Bayer".
Date: July 4, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Steam Engine and Hardware Store

Photograph of group of men and boys standing in front and to the side of Montgomery - Hardware Co. and steam traction engine. The steam engine is ready to move the building to Follett, Texas from Ivanhoe, Oklahoma.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History